Project Diva Extend - Translation (patch 0.4-r2 available)

[Coldbird]

Is the problem a gui boxing problem or a memory problem?
If it's memory, why not allocate top-range memory from p2 partition and stick it in there before pointer linking it back in?

[codestation]

Is the problem a gui boxing problem or a memory problem?
If it's memory, why not allocate top-range memory from p2 partition and stick it in there before pointer linking it back in?

Its a memory problem but a particular one. The lyrics are packed in a fixed structure of 0x33 bytes per line, so it doesn't matter if i relocate the whole struct because the game will not read that line directly, instead it passes a buffer of 0x33 bytes to a function who memcpy the lyric line to it. I cannot write beyond the boundaries of the passed buffer since there are other structures in there (ofc it crashes the game if i overwrite them), also cannot change the returned pointer to my own allocation since the value is ignored.

The only hope is to backtrack the buffer address when it enters the function so i can change it for a larger buffer. Sadly i am no master with mips so i got lost in the backtracking (the outside function is a big one and there are lots of branches all the way up).

[marioysikax]

EDIT: tried to convert all the lyrics to romaji but got stuck with StargazeR, specifically this line:

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0x08C580A1 眺めてた零れる幾千の旋律を残さず重ねて
romaji:    nagameteta koboreru ikusen no senritsu o nokosazu kasanete
english:   I gather all the thousand overflowing melodies I've gazing at


Both romaji and english go past 50 chars, any ideas? i really want to translate those lyrics but if the result is too problematic then i will leave them untouched.

Luckily game font looks kinda spacy so remowing spaces and starting words with capital may do the trick. There's no way to fit that in 50 char but would this look OK?

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romaji:    NagametetaKoboreruIkusenNoSenritsuONokosazuKasanet


for english one Nightsails "I gather all the thousand melodies I've gazed on" sound good enough.

Are you going to release 0.3 or are you going to do the lyrics and then release 0.3?

[codestation]

Are you going to release 0.3 or are you going to do the lyrics and then release 0.3?

I wanted to release 0.3, but then i found a way to load the lyrics easily and started working on it. Right now i have (comparing to 0.2):

- more strings translated in general.
- song high score screen (the one before starting the game)
- top bar titles (the ones with the "home/edit mode/ adhoc/ diva room" texts)
- edit mode setup (song, module, background, effects, items, movements selection).
- very little of edit mode main mode.

currently working on:
- lyrics
- movement list

still missing:
- play records.
- titles.
- item/background/effect names.
- some scattered strings in other modes.
- 20-30 menus in edit mode.

Do you want a release right now or wait until i finish the romaji lyrics? (and yes, i intend to make english lyrics after that, so you can select what file to use in the patch).

edit: found a worst one with Migikata no Chou

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japanese: 右肩に紫蝶々　キスをしたこの部屋の隅で
romaji:   migi kata ni murasaki choucho kisu wo shita kono heya no sumi de
english:  A purple butterfly on your right shoulder We kissed in the corner of the room


I am getting more afraid with every song

[_JK_]

Please give us a new release, I want to start to use the Edit mode, and editing the score screens

[HeroKing]

he doesn't have a lot of edit mode done. still missing 20-30 items, it says

[_JK_]

I know XD, that's why I say "start to use" ^ ^

[Nightsail]

Personally, I'm eager for the 0.3 translation-patch compiler. I've gone ahead with some translations in my own version of the english file, and I'd really like to compile it and try it out, to see if my translations are correct in context.

[Coldbird]

Is the problem a gui boxing problem or a memory problem?
If it's memory, why not allocate top-range memory from p2 partition and stick it in there before pointer linking it back in?

Its a memory problem but a particular one. The lyrics are packed in a fixed structure of 0x33 bytes per line, so it doesn't matter if i relocate the whole struct because the game will not read that line directly, instead it passes a buffer of 0x33 bytes to a function who memcpy the lyric line to it. I cannot write beyond the boundaries of the passed buffer since there are other structures in there (ofc it crashes the game if i overwrite them), also cannot change the returned pointer to my own allocation since the value is ignored.

The only hope is to backtrack the buffer address when it enters the function so i can change it for a larger buffer. Sadly i am no master with mips so i got lost in the backtracking (the outside function is a big one and there are lots of branches all the way up).

If you want I can try taking a look the coming weekend and see to lifting the character limit.

[Helix GeNeReToR]

i am still waiting when it will be launched in my country...